Minnelli, Vincente, direction. Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973, production. Comden, Betty, writing. Green, Adolph, writing. Astaire, Fred, cast. Charisse, Cyd, cast. Levant, Oscar, 1906-1972, cast. Fabray, Nanette, cast. Buchanan, Jack, 1890-1957, cast. Mitchell, James, 1920-2010, cast. Gist, Robert, 1917-1998, cast. MGM/UA Home Video (Firm) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Loew's Incorporated. Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) DLC moving image Musical films lcgft Feature films lcgft Fiction films lcgft Videodiscs. gmgpc United States : released by Loew's, United States : MGM/UA Home Video, 1953 ; [1987]. eng Tony Hunter is a movie star whose career is in a downturn. Looking for a boost, Tony decides to try starring in a Broadway musical. His friends Lester and Lily Marton have written a show they feel would be just right for Tony, and the three team up with Jeffrey Cordova, a self-styled "genius" director, who gets the idea to turn the play into a revised version of Faust. Cordova's more pretentious ideas don't always sit well with the Martons, and Tony isn't too happy with his leggy co-star, Gaby Gerard, whom he's convinced is too tall (then again, she thinks he's too old). But when the show proves a disaster in out-of-town tryouts, everyone realizes they have to put aside their differences if they want a show that will be on Broadway for longer than four hours. Copyright: Loew's Incorporated; 3Jul53; LP2715. Reissue date is copyright date for videodisc package design. Filmed in Technicolor. Summary taken from AllMovie.com. Sources used: videodisc jacket; Catalog of copyright entries, motion pictures, 1950-1959; M/B/RS Film and Television catalog card; Eagan, D. America's film legacy, 2010, p. 473-47; Internet movie database, June 4, 2020; Wikipedia WWW site, viewed June 4, 2020; Variety, July 8, 1953, p. 6, viewed June 4, 2020; AllMovie WWW site, viewed June 4, 2020. Associate producer, Roger Edens ; musical direction, Adolph Deutsch ; director of photography, Harry Jackson ; film editor, Albert Akst ; art direction, Preston Ames, Cedric Gibbons ; set decoration, Keogh Gleason, Edwin B. Willis ; songs by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz ; dances and musical numbers staged by Michael Kidd ; musical numbers designed by Oliver Smith. Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan, James Mitchell, Robert Gist. This film was selected for the National Film Registry. Theater--Production and direction--New York (State)--New York--Drama. Acting in musicals--Drama. Actors--New York (State)--New York--Drama. Dramatists--New York (State)--New York--Drama. Theatrical producers and directors--New York (State)--New York--Drama. LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) Band wagon